Americans delay marriages revert to early 1900s pattern
A March 1982 Census study shows men marrying at 25.2 and women at 22.5, the latest shift back toward early century timing as education and careers delay unions. Three quarters of women wed by 26.6 and men by 29.4.
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The art of compromise on the farm and home life
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